by GIFT Coach | Oct 14, 2015 | Blogs by Sally Ankerfelt, Blogs by Susan David, Faith and Values, Faith communities, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
This post is Part 2 of a 4 part series examining the promise of faith communities as sources of healing and connection and GIFT coaches’, Sally Ankerfelt and Susan David’s recent presentation at the 2015 ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If faith...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 6, 2015 | Blogs by Susan David, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Part 1 of a 4 Part Series highlighting the recent ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, MN Recently, my colleague, Sally Ankerfelt, and I (Susan David,) attended the 27th Annual ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota as both presenters and participants. Each year...
by GIFT Coach | Aug 20, 2012 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Susan David, Foster Parenting, General Discussion
Many parents, adoptive or otherwise, may be struggling in their relationship, as I was with my daughter a few years ago, as a result of tension created by their child having difficulty reading. Last night, I sat reading aloud the 2nd book in The Hunger Games trilogy...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 20, 2012 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Susan David, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
Ever been at a car wash for one cause or another with a group of teens? Soapy water, suds, and slippery pavement combined with energetic, spontaneous and very excited teens, and then add every so often a moving vehicle rolling into that picture! YIKES! What I noticed,...
by GIFT Coach | Mar 13, 2012 | Blogs by Susan David, General Discussion
Members of Growing Intentional Families Together work together as professionals and see themselves as members of the GIFT family – a group joined together by law, love, and a common purpose. All members of GIFT are certified professional coaches who graduated from...
by susand | Sep 23, 2011 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Susan David, Foster Parenting, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
Being a parent is a huge undertaking. Dah! “Tell me something I don’t know!“ is perhaps what you are thinking! And, another revelation, sometimes being a teen is a difficult task! I am reminded of a cartoon that I saw recently while flipping through the pages of...
